Security update for libtasn1

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1600-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-4008 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libtasn1 fixes the following issues:

  • Malformed asn1 definitions could have caused a segmentation fault in the asn1 definition parser (bsc#961491)
  • CVE-2015-3622: Fixed invalid read in octet string decoding (bsc#929414)
  • CVE-2016-4008: Fixed infinite loop while parsing DER certificates (bsc#982779)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-ntp-12614=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ntp-12614=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-ntp-12614=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libtasn1-devel-1.5-1.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.34.1
    • libtasn1-1.5-1.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ia64)
    • libtasn1-3-x86-1.5-1.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.34.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • libtasn1-3-32bit-1.5-1.34.1
    • libtasn1-3-1.5-1.34.1
    • libtasn1-1.5-1.34.1

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